Contractor’s mistake makes historic home more authentic
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
NEWPORT NEWS—Kimberly McKnight didn’t want new gutters on her home, but she got a free set.
And the new ones are going to be historically accurate, all because of a contractor’s mistake.
Workers for Josh Powers Seamless Gutters mistakenly removed the gutters on McKnight’s Hilton Village home two weeks ago. To correct their error, they immediately installed [...]
Protesters say Northern Va. school teaches violence
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
ALEXANDRIA—More than a dozen people protested outside a private Islamic school in Northern Virginia that they say teaches violence and intolerance.
The protest last Tuesday at the Islamic Saudi Academy near Alexandria comes a week after a federal commission found numerous troubling passages in the school’s textbooks. They include a passage that says that apostates – [...]
Proposal would erase ban on tattoo shops in Suffolk
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
SUFFOLK—A ban on tattoo shops in Suffolk could be on its way out.
The city in south Hampton Roads is the lone locality in the region that still bans tattoo businesses. A public hearing tomorrow will gauge public sentiment for an end to the ban. The City Council has the final say.
Court rulings in 2001 ended [...]
Fairfax seeks authority to remove graffiti
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
FAIRFAX—Fairfax County supervisors are considering a measure that would allow the county to remove graffiti from private property when the owner refuses to do so.
The measure would take effect in July if approved at a meeting on June 30.
The issue is part of the county’s campaign to attack blight and neighborhood decay. Officials say they [...]
U.S. Supreme Court turns down appeal from 4th Circuit decision
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday rejected, without comment, an appeal by Progress Energy Inc. in a labor law dispute.
At issue is whether companies and employees can settle Family and Medical Leave Act disputes without court oversight. The law provides workers the right to take 12 weeks of unpaid leave for health reasons or to care [...]
Commonwealth adds 1,100 miles of rivers to polluted list
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
ROANOKE—About 1,100 miles of Virginia’s rivers and streams have been added to Virginia’s list of polluted waters in the past two years, bringing the total to 10,600 miles, state environmental regulators said last Monday.
The state Department of Environmen-tal Quality released its 2008 water quality report, which listed about 40 percent of the state’s waters as [...]
Former Henry sheriff to be released July 4
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
COLLINSVILLE—A key figure in a corruption case involving the Henry County Sheriff’s Department is scheduled to be released from prison July 4.
Former Sheriff H. Franklin Cassell has been serving an eight-month sentence at a federal penitentiary near Scranton, Pa.
A spokesman for the Bureau of Prisons said the 70-year-old Cassell will be under supervision for two [...]
Justice Lemons to teach at W&L law school
By News in Brief
Published: June 23, 2008
Virginia Supreme Court Justice Donald W. Lemons will join the faculty of the Washington and Lee University law school this fall as Distinguished Professor of Judicial Studies.
Lemons will teach a course on appellate practice in the school’s new third-year program. An-nounced in March of this year, this program marks a departure from traditional legal education [...]
VSB Disciplinary Actions
By Virginia Lawyers Weekly
Published: June 23, 2008
On April 22, 2008, the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board suspended the law license of Brian M. Miller of Fairfax for 30 days for violating rules of professional conduct that govern diligence and communication. The board found that Miller failed to act promptly and he did not keep his client reasonably informed about her domestic [...]
Domestic Relations – Termination Of Parental Rights – Four Children 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: June 23, 2008
When considering a petition to terminate a mother’s parental rights to her four children, the trial court did not err in considering the children as a group, according to the Court of Appeals.
The mother contends that the trial court erred by failing to determine whether she could effectively parent a fewer number of the children [...]
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